#chip gamzee: the return

[grapefaygodude69]

CHIP GAMZEE: SiMpLe. MOTHERFUCKING. rEvEnGe.

GAMZEE: :O(

day 131

[odditycollector]

gamdave for the ask meme! and or, erijake??

Dave/Gamzee

1. I am not sure there is another pair of people in homestuck who have quite so skewed a ratio of "resounding & negative impact on each others' lives" and "fucks given about that".

Like, okay, I am p sure Dave does not understand that Gamzee manifested Lil Cal as a physical object, and I am p sure that Gamzee does not regret his awakening as a murderous shitlord, but you see what I am saying here.

2. Serendipity meets Final Destination

Gamzee and Dave are two random strangers who share a minor act of assholery between each other. So minor. Like, maybe they are both at the convenience store at 3am for doritos, and there is only one bag of chips left. And Gamzee snipes the chips out of Dave's almost closed fingers, and in response to his smug sneer Dave crunches the bag, making the chips not be triangles anymore.

And neither really remembers this moment the next day because it is so petty and let's be real they were both probably stoned. But somehow the fateful repercussions from this event are rippling out into the world like a terrible Rube Goldberg avalanche, starting with minor misfortunes and building quickly into mass destruction and death.

Meanwhile Dave and Gamzee are going about their lives with an occasional bemused glance at a wackily awful newscast.

Anyway, it seems like things are dominoing into some kind of worldwide calamity, BUT ACTUALLY everything has been lining up to get Gamzee and Dave onto the same stage so they can have the greatest rap off of all time and also just SUPER hit it off.

As things fade to credits we hear them being all, hey you look kinda familiar youre sure this is the first time we met right? yeah, think id all remember a motherfucker….

(and then the last camera shot is something is knocked off a counter in their wake and that hits a spray bottle which rolls across the hallway… and a creepy noise plays because that is the rule on how to end a movie like this)

Eridan/Jake

1. I am not sure if I have thoughts on Eridan/Jake, but the possibility of Grandpa seducing ancient Beforus Eridan (in homestuck + its game Old Man Jake has so many portals why NOT to Beforus) is both logistically defensible and very funny.

2. Jake is sad and lonely and really misses his good buddy Erisolsprite and decides to track down Erisol's component pieces in the dreambubbles. Sollux, wisely, continues to desire no part of the situation. But Eridan, on finding a guy who WANTS him around, gets really clingy about it (do not believe his posturing otherwise)

He offers to mentor Jake in the Way Of Hope and despite Jake being a god tier achiever and Eridan being a mortal ghost Jake is like, yes sure that makes sense, maybe if i knew more stuff about my powers i wouldn't be a miserable wreck right now, teach me up.

So Jake learns cool shit about weaponizing Hope, but mostly (through Eridan's whiny self pity) he learns that he is not the worst person ever at interpersonal relationships. It puts his friendship errors in perspective, and he even offers Eridan some advice in that department! Which makes Jake feel mature and wise but otherwise does not do shit 'cause ghosts can't change.

Is there a more poignant moirallegiance tragedy in all troll literature? i doubt it.

But then in the end there is an empty green sprite kernel from an unused timeline and Jake invites Eridan to return to being his prescribed guide in the sort-of-living world, and Eridan accepts.

(This is a very weird basis for a relationship from a human POV but neither notices.)

[flyttadigs]

Bingo: Eridan

this was a fun one because while eridan isnt quite anywhere near my favorite homestuck character, it sometimes feels like im the only mf with reading comprehension in regards to how hes not only written, but how hes presented as well.

homestuck's colorful cast of characters is definitely one of its greatest strengths, and i think eridan is an incredibly well-written character. he practically exemplifies troll tradition; kill with no remorse (pre-game with fef's lusus especially but also u know. feferi and half-dead-sollux) and pursue filling quadrants. the dude is drowning in upholding tradition (and im not surprised reading military history is listed as one of his hobbies). he goes on and on about his genocide complex and hating land dwellers, but when the chips are down he doesnt mean it and he doesnt want his land-dwelling friends dead at all. the dude bottles up so much and refuses to talk to his own moirail about his problems. hes just. an incredibly grumpy, sad boy, and i can see how he appeals to people, especially to fans who also feel suppressed in some way. lastly, i dont think eridan is a creep. everyone who disagrees can go back and read kanaya: return to the core. like. hes just a kid in his feelings and hes an ass most of the time but he doesnt keep pushing it with fef like everybody thinks for some reason lmao.

ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, while im here i want to say that karkat is the fucker that eridan actually talks with about his feelings and not even feferi time and time again, and honestly brings out the actual best in eridan. i would have really liked to see them go pale in canon, because karkat being burdened with gamzee as a moirail kind of just breaks my heart, but act 5 was a little too short for that. by homestuck standards i guess.

THANKS FOR THE ASK BYRD i enjoy dipping my fingers into the recesses of my mind to remember homestuck stuff.

[grapefaygodude69]

CHIP GAMZEE: i AlWaYs CoMe bAcK.

day 125

originally from day 4 and day 11

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